What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.